No raindrops, no snowflakes and no fog this morning! We woke up to the most beautiful day for our journey towards Yellowstone. We wanted to take a different route than the same major highways we had taken on previous trips. We knew there was snow on that route; but the webcam showed the roads clear. This "off the beaten path," was only 130 miles; but because of the numerous switchbacks... it took about 3 1/2 hours to get to our destination.
We entered by the northeast entrance of Yellowstone. Lots of buffalo were grazing as we traveled through the park and made our exit through the north entrance at Gardiner, MT. The famous "Roosevelt Arch" is the grand entrance or exit to that side of the park. It was not built in honor of Roosevelt; but named after him because he happened to be vacationing there during it's construction. However, Roosevelt did dedicate it in 1903. The cost was $10,000, which would be $250,000 today. There were more people in the park today than we thought there would be before Memorial Day. Most of them had their tripods set up and photographing the wildlife. It wasn't like peak time in the park where caravans of tourists stop in the middle of the road every time wildlife is spotted.
We ended up driving further than we planned because the weather was so beautiful and the scenery was so breath-taking!
Excitement around every switchback.
Camping in White Sulphur Springs, MT tonight. Small town surrounded by mountains and plains and some beautiful
Montana skies.
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